HC Deb 29 January 1981 vol 997 c471W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will give for the latest and most convenient stated date the numbers of unemployed in the London borough of Newham together with similar details for a year ago.

Mr. Mayhew

At 15 January 1981, the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Canning Town, East Ham and Stratford employment offices, which closely corresponds to the London borough of Newham, was 10,695. The corresponding figure at 10 January 1980 was 5,895.